Who We Are
At Outside Insights Group, we offer a practical mix of experience—legal, operational, and business. Our founder, David Blake, is a former federal and state prosecutor, business manager, general counsel, and entrepreneur. After nearly two decades in high-level legal and management roles, he decided to return to the outdoors, working full-time as a big-game hunting guide. While guiding, he also earned an MBA. Dave has guided hunts in CO, NM, TX, and LA, managed luxury hunting camps, and handled day- to-day outfitting operations.
We’ve packed elk out of deep canyons and cleaned the skinning shed. We’ve negotiated land-use agreements and dealt with feuding neighbors. We’ve managed guide schedules, resolved last-minute client issues, and resolved complaints both online and face to face. We understand the everyday realities of your business and know how legal or regulatory missteps—large or small—can cause serious problems.
What We Offer
Outside Insights Group can visit your operation any time—during your busy season or in the off-season. We can evaluate what’s working, what’s not, and what is putting your business at risk.
Basic services can include a business wellness check: reviewing your website and online presence, marketing materials, client communications, contracts and waivers, and other key documents.
More involved work may include analysis of your business structure, financials, staffing, and workflow; client experience and retention strategies; insurance coverage and risk exposure; compliance with state and federal regulations; incident investigation; personnel reviews; anti- poaching and even support with advocacy and lobbying.
Our Mission
Outside Insights Group exists to optimize outfitting and outdoor businesses, including land owners through professional audits, legal counsel, and comprehensive operational guidance that:
• Increase profit
• Mitigate risk
• Enhance client satisfaction
• Support sustainable growth
Many small businesses struggle with:
• Lack of compliance awareness
• Thin margins and financial reserves
• Poor pricing models
• Manual business processes or outdated/ill-fit IT systems
• Weak metrics, performance tracking or analysis
• High staff turnover and burnout
• Weak or outdated online presence
• Reactive decision-making
• No strategic planning
We can target these and other problems and work with you to overcome the challenges you know you’re facing—and likely a few you haven’t identified yet.
Who We Serve
We built Outside Insights Group to bring a professional skill set to landowners, outfitters, and outdoor business operators who want to run tighter, safer, and more profitable operations.
Our primary clients are outfitters and outdoor businesses that ask us to identify inefficiencies in logistics, operations, and staffing. The reality of outfitting is that it’s seasonal—months of intense, long days followed by slower periods filled with tedious tasks like phone calls, follow-ups, and conventions. We can step in during either phase. Our work often includes reviewing the client experience, guide quality of life, and regulatory compliance, while also offering support in marketing, client development, and digital outreach.
We also help landowners, investors and high-net-worth individual clients assess operational efficiency, conservation and land management alignment, transparency in partnership arrangements, and profit- sharing structures. We offer audits and assessments that highlight legal risks, financial inefficiencies, and gaps in client care.
Contact us
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